The ancient fermented tea drink has grown in popularity in recent years due to a range of purported health and energy benefits, though evidence to support many of the claims is thin.

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    The health benefits of fermented food in general are widely underestimated. And the huge negative impact of things like sugar and alcohol on your microbiome as well.

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        I don’t know how kombucha might be “good” for type 2 diabetics. The test sample in this study was of 12 people, I don’t think any conclusion can be drawn yet.

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        I recently watched a YouTube video of someone making Kombucha and when they added in the large amount of sugar I thought that there is no way it is “healthy”. Ive never tried kombucha so I don’t know how sweet it should be, but I’m hoping that recipe was the outlier

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          The bacteria eat up a most of the sugar however it has sugar in it. I was into the homemade stuff for a while and if you spilled it outside ants had a party there the next day and you could feel that sticky sweet residue.

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          If it is prior to fermentation, the bacteria will eat up most of the sugar and either make alcohol or carbonation.

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      The health benefits of fermented food in general are widely underestimated

      source? In general, the effects of probiotics on gut biome are vastly over-stated

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    though evidence to support many of the claims is thin.

    This is the most important part. Don’t go nuts because of one small study. There is little evidence to suggest probiotics make meaningful changes to gut biome

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    My wife and I recently started making Kombucha to help with my IBS and have been flabbergasted at how stupid easy it is. If you’re someone who likes Kombucha, just go for it. It’s literally so easy to make.

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    I can’t imagine the impact is going to be very big but a large study saying fermented food is potentially helpful or neutral or bad…sure, I’ll take it.